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With Peyton Manning’s possible landing place if and (more likely) when he is released by Indianapolis in the next month, a couple of interesting tidbits surfaced Wednesday that should keep the pot boiling.

First and foremost, Indianapolis columnist Bob Kravitz said on Tony Kornheiser’s nationally syndicated radio that he knows people who have seen Manning throw and that “they say he’s not throwing like an NFL quarterback yet.” Secondly, and certainly less significantly, a national poll revealed that regardless of brother Eli Manning winning a second Super Bowl, most fans still regard Peyton as the better quarterback.

Kravitz’ comments show just how much of a microscope is being focused on every move Manning makes right now. The spotlight shone as much if not more on Peyton than any player in last week’s Super Bowl in Indianapolis, with reports first stating that he was behind on his rehab only to be followed by Peyton himself insisting that he’s on schedule and has every expectation to be playing come fall.

Even Wednesday, Kravitz made sure to add, “Structurally, he’s sound. Structurally, he can take a hit.”

Seeing as he won’t be playing under fire for another seven months, that’s good for any team considering courting him. And more and more reports have the Dolphins very much in that mix.

But Manning’s status right now was also compared to that of ex-Dolphin Chad Pennington near the end of his career. Never blessed with a strong arm, Pennington got by in Miami due to his uncanny accuracy. At worst, we’ve seen Manning be at least that accurate. So again, no worries.

In the other item, a company called Poll Position asked more than 1,000 people the question: “Following his second Super Bowl win, do you think New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning is a better quarterback than his brother, Peyton Manning?”

Among those describing themselves as NFL fans, 44 percent said Peyton is still better, 25 percent said Eli is better and 32 percent said they either had no opinion or hadn’t made up their minds.

Male fans gave Peyton an even larger winning margin, with 54 percent voting in his favor, 29 percent voting for Eli and 18 percent undecided.

Eli did best among the 18-29 age group, where 37 percent voted him the better QB compared to 47 percent for Peyton, with 17 percent offering no opinion.

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